A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)

Country: USA, West GermanyRelease Date: 7 September 1958 (UK)Run Time: 132 minRating: 7.8Genres: Drama, Romance, WarDirector: Douglas SirkStars: John Gavin, Liselotte Pulver, Jock Mahoney…Plot: On the Russian front in 1944 German Private Ernst Graeber receives a leave and visits his family in Germany but Germany isn't the same country he left behind.

Storyline:
In 1944, a company of German soldiers on the Russian front are numbed by the horrors and hardships of war when Private Ernst Graeber's long awaited furlough comes through. Back home in Germany, he finds his home bombed. While hopelessly searching for his parents, he meets lovely Elizabeth Kruse, daughter of a political prisoner; together they try to wrest sanity and survival from a world full of hatred.